Button



sept.29,1931. 9 F. R. WHITE l l 1,824,940

BUTTON Filed Dec. 3l, 1930 A Inven'or: 16' Egan@ inlawhiz'e,

Patented Sept. Y29, 1931 FRANKLIN n. BUTTON Comunit...

NECTICUT z My "invention vrelates tovk new *andi usefuly 'A improvements in buttons, and more particularly to-'a solidfhe'adffbuttonwhich;may be V- Fig. 4 is a'lviewsimilartoFig. 2, the button, however,beingf inverted and aftack fastener formed ip'referablyj from slug off soft ssteel or other metal cut fromjrod stock: and then pressed into shapey by thef-acti'onof one'or more sets yof diesl i The same 'is' a companion to an application filed herewith of even date and bearing Serial Number 505,893. K

Another object of the invention is to form a solid head button preferably of a non-tar nishing soft steel or steel alloy, the button being shaped by the action of suitable dies, after which a small shell will be tightly pressed into a receptive recess and the metal about the walls of the recess pressed slightly inwardly to thus tightly hold the shellv in place, so that a tack or suitable fastener, depending on the formation of theshell, may be driven into the shell when it is desired to attach the button to the cloth.

as the imperforate type, that is, whereinl the tack or staple fastener is driven bodily through the metal shell situated in the hub of the button, the center recess of the hub acting as an anvil to deform the tack or sta-A held rigidly to the cloth.

As is well known, these forms of `buttons are secured in place by attaching machines,

hopper while the tacks or staples are fed from another hopper and the action so synchronized that the tack or staple Will'vbe driven up through the cloth and into the button head to thus secure the button in place.

With these `and other objects in view, the

invention consists in certain `new and novel arrangements and combinations `of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

Referring now one preferred form and one modification,

Fig. l is a sectional View of thel button` head and, of course, on an enlarged scale;

member jammed within the hub and the depressed f. in Fig to the drawings showing d I A n ,-isnowgcomplete a d,..asfw1l1,be seen, 'consists 95 metalaround.theishell' being pressed yinward- V-ly. tortightly holdr the vsaine in. place; 1

-F-ig..f3risa bottom'plan view-of the same ;V

driven up. intofthe hubof the button to hold lthefbuttonii'n place; 1.... 1 .Y 1:1.; Flgfg is 'a view. similare/to Fig. 1,'the button head being similar to Fig. l, but with a Im Fig,` '(is aview similar to 3 i. i r y l Fig-..8 isar Iviewi similar-to Fig. 4but showfr v.ingthegstaple in, placerather than the tack.

Referring now more particularly tothe theifleoftol-fform ,aninner shoulder 5 which,;of

. course, `extendsf.completelyaround the inner Wallecftthe. hubinto the shape shown@v ard?.A rnetal .shell 6,.- ,the rim 67 of the shell lofextend Lslieltlpv .over the? fiaeentperiph- 1 fhusmorrghtly Seeurethe-.Shell imple.

@The gbuaqn. had

` of but two Vp'artsthe shell. and the ,button ahead proper f Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the button f1' T head, partly in section and showing a shell.`

several views, there 'isshown in Fig..1 a but- Y vtony ,h eadgcomprising what I. term .thetoppor- :tion Land thehub` Zinwhich `there is a :small entralchamber-B witha-recess 4 at one end Still another object of the invention is to provide a two-piece button, which is known ing onfthe shouldenamay; be seen.l a small "55 g Aspreviously mentioned, this button head i i5 .maybe .formed rQInfrod stock and preferably @ofa..relativelyfsoftnon-tarnishableteel, .the I n 5rod,.s,t,a,ock= .beingk lirst` cut rintoi. slugs of. Vsuiiple, so that the button when attached will be f ons inapressfwith suitably Iformeddiesbut "o .fangautomatci,press (fnotfshown) .may have y i successivel .,diesj for `forming `.the button head that is, the button heads are fed rfrom one e afa' track-:10Min Have 'its pfogn g driven through the cloth and through the "1'00 

